Husband: Samuel Preston Swiger Census name: Preston Swiger
Born: ca 1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1 Died: bef Feb 1915 2 Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1880 farmer 3 Father: Thomas George Swiger (1808 - 1871) Mother: Nancy Ash (1808 - 1893) Other spouse 1
Wife: Rosetta Bates
Married: Sep- 6-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Born: May- -1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,1 (see note 1)
Died: Jun-21-1933 in Winfield District, Marion Co, WV 5
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1920 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1915 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: John Jackson Bates (1834 - 1897)
Mother: Ruth Mary Cavalier (1829 - 1898)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Notes
F Child 1: Dorothy Mae Swiger Born: Nov-30-1903 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Sep-21-1993 9 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11 Census: 1940 in Union District, Marion Co, WV Census: 1930 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Resided: 1920 in Harrison Co, WV 10 Census: 1910 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Guy Garfield Bates b. Mar-14-1900 d. Sep- 2-1955 Married: Apr-19-1920 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 10 Husband: John D. Means b. Feb-20-1892 d. Jul- 9-1982
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) Record of wife's remarriage. (3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (5) Marion County Death Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Rosetta B. Swiger, white female, widowed, born July 20 (?) 1867, dau of John Bates; died June 21 1933 in Winfield District, age 65y 11m 21d, cause of death diabetes milletus, burial at Center Point. DR p. 276. (6) Marion County Death Records, Fairmont, WV. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=26351&Type=Marriage. (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=28525&Type=Marriage. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Age 26 at time of 1898 marriage would put birth date at about 1872. But death record states birth date as Jul 20 1867, age 65y 11m 21d, which actually calculates to a date about 3 weeks earlier. Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1867, age 33.